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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Donald Lekota" <peterwhite@fsbinternationalbankplc.net>
Reply-To: donlekota50@ecplaza.net
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:44:01 +0100
Subject: From Donald
ATTENTION PLEASE
Dear Friend,
Before I introduce myself and my purpose of contacting you let me first
appeal to you, to kindly read the content of this letter with kind
attention.
I am Mr. Donald Lekota, a banker.
I am the eastern manager of United Bank of Africa Plc (U.B.A), Abuja branch
Nigeria. I want to transfer out $USD 26 million
( TWENTY SIX MILLION U.S DOLLARS) from our bank.
I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable for this important business,believing that you will never let me
down either now or in future.
There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody have
operated on this account again,after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that if I do not remitte this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Engr. Jack Hamilton , he is a foreigner and the
manager of petrol chemical service,a chemical Engineer by proffession and he
died since 1990, and since then no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it.secondly he did not clearify his next of kin in his
deposition form when he deposited this fund in our bank.The account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company
does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(U.S.$26,000,000.00)
I want to tranfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't
know any foreigner,I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money can
not be approved to any local bank here but can only be approved to a foreign
account because the money is in u.s dollars and the former owner of the
account (ENGR. JACK HAMILTON) is a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourself before,but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.I believe
in god that you will never let me
down in this business,you are the only person that i have contacted for this
business for now,so please reply urgently so that we can receive this money
into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be
remmited.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a
foreign account as the real beneficiary,I need your co-operation to make
this work fine,because the management of our bank is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account
which i will give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount
with instrict confidence and trust,and according to my instructions and my
advice for our mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake. I
need your strong assurance and trust, I shall also destroy all documents
concerning this transactions immidiately we received this money in your
account leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence
on other staffs to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance from foreign payment
department,with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for the sharing and other investment.
Finally,at the conclusion of this business,I will give you 25% of the total
amount,70% will be for me ,while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incured during the process of this transaction.Please try and negotiate
for me some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risk free
which I can invest with this money when it is transferred to your account
and I am interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise
me.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Donald Lekota
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